[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 45 (Thursday, April 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 21, 1994]
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                             FOREIGN POLICY

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week responding to a questioner 
on MYV, the President answered, ``Briefs.'' Ask him a very different 
question about how much the President spends on foreign policy, the 
world gets a sadly similar answer: ``Brief.'' It shows.
  Mr. Speaker, is the President paying enough attention to what is 
happening overseas? He had better, or our involvement in Bosnia will 
become both more dangerous and more embarrassing. The lesson of Vietnam 
proven by its observance in Operation Desert Storm and once more proven 
in its breach in Somalia is that our military objectives must be 
clearly defined and our use of force must be sufficient to achieve 
those objectives. By turning control over to the United Nations, we 
place our soldiers' lives in danger and our national sovereignty at 
risk.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the President to spend more than a brief moment 
on foreign policy in the days to come.

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